I remember seeing an ad for the show you are talkign about, but at the time I thought it seemed a little too goofy to bother with. The show is pretty interesting, though as usual with these things there is a little too much LARPING and renactments for my tastes. So far Warriors has looked at Vikings, The Maya, English knights ,Samurai, German Barbarians. ALthough it looks at Warrior Cultures as a whole rather than individual fighting 1 on 1. I've been watching Warriors on the Hsitory channel, which is kinda the same thing. On the plus side you can't go wrong with Chuck Liddel slicing meat with his punches. Also I wasn't too inclined to the rivalry presented, not sure if that was something production wanted or if it was some "native pride" but it just wasn't something I wanted. I'm not sure how long the premise can really last since there's only so many notable warriors and I can definitely see the novelty wearing off. I've also seen the the first episode of Deadliest Warrior and it seemed somewhat neat. I have noticed however that Dhani is a little immature, he'll sometimes whine and take umbrage with a call against him, whether he deserved it or not you have to let those kinds of things slide in those situations and just man up. I've only seen like 2 and a half episodes but it seems legit. It's a football player Dhani Jones who goes to different countries and tries out their "sport" whether it's rugby or martial arts and he takes a week to learn what he can and then he goes against someone at the end to show his skill. I'd never heard of the mma fighter and having a football player was like Eh? They do however have a new show on travel channel that kind of follows a similar tactic and that's Dhani Tackles the Globe. Yeah fight quest was pretty sweet most of the time but the duo was an odd one. Jimmy, I think, is particularly a tough fighter with his long MMA background, but he often has difficulty with the complex and nuanced moves of the native styles. I think its remarkable how well they do at their end of the training week fights against native fighters and a tribute to their own skills and toughness in their choosen disciplines. Its sometimes a little cringeworthy watching how bad the guys are at some of the styles they try, but they only have a week to learn what other people spend all their lives practicing. I think its had 2 short seasons to this point. Its a pretty good show, but ti hasn't been on much recently. I thknk you are talking about Fight Quest on the Discovery Channel with Jimmy Smith and Doug Anderson. Surprisingly I think it's on the travel channel or something. Then they take on a few locals using that style. There is another one where these two guys go around the world learning different fighting styles.
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